Minecraft:Java Edition Classic 0.0.23a

0.0.23a is a version of Minecraft:Java Edition Classic released on July 11, 2009, at around 14:16 UTC, which added options menu and the ability to remap keys.<ref>Template:Twon</ref><ref>IRC logs: "A9:16:20 * Notch changes topic to 'http://www.minecraft.net | Client 0.0.23a is out with new options and the ability to remap keys" (14:16:20 UTC)</ref>

Additions

General

Minecraft:Options

• Customizable Minecraft:controls.<ref name="options">IRC logs: "A9:16:30 <Rock_D> huh, options?", "A9:16:39 <Adura> Via Esc" [...] "A9:28:01 <CheeToS> I like the new esc menu buttons" (14:16 to 14:28 UTC)</ref>
  • Controls can be edited by navigating through the Minecraft:pause menu, opened by pressing Template:Key.<ref name="options"/><ref>IRC logs: "A9:16:47 <PuyoDead> hey, I like the new buttons" (14:16:47 UTC)</ref>
• Pressing Template:Key no longer toggles the render distance, as it is now set as an option.<ref>IRC logs: "A9:21:23 <PuyoDead> wait, does F still do that as well?" [...] "A9:21:32 <CheeToS> PuyoDead: no" [...] "A9:22:36 <PuyoDead> awwww... I really, REALLY needed that key for render distance." (14:20 to 14:22 UTC)</ref> <ref>IRC logs: "A9:20:06 <CheeToS> Notch: aw man, you removed the varying render distances? I found it EXTREMELY useful :\" [...] "A9:20:18 <08Notch> no, it's still there!" [...] "A9:20:26 <08Notch> under options, though" (14:20 UTC)</ref>
• Pressing Template:Key no longer inverts the mouse, as it is also now set as an option.
• There are now separate options to turn off/on sounds and music.
• The FPS and chunk updates can now be toggled via the Show FPS button.<ref>IRC logs: "A10:37:40 <Quatroking> where's my FPS counter", "A10:37:46 <citricsquid> escape > options" (15:37:40 UTC)</ref>

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Lava and Minecraft:water

• Minecraft:Sand and Minecraft:gravel no longer "fall" on top of them as if they were a solid block.
  • Instead, they fall through the liquid, and the liquid replaces the location where the block was placed.
  • This liquid was stationary but flows once updated.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Controls

• Minecraft:Players can no longer move with the arrow keys by default, instead, they move using Template:KeyTemplate:KeyTemplate:KeyTemplate:Key keys.
• Pressing the Template:Key key no longer allows for jumping.

Minecraft:Chat

• Clicking a player's name under the Tab menu pastes their name into the chat.<ref>"Back in the saddle, client 0.0.23a is out" – The Word of Notch, July 11, 2009</ref>

General

Minecraft:Menu screen

• Changed texture for menu buttons.

Trivia

• Classic 0.0.23a has the highest minor version number of all Java Edition versions, at "23". The highest in Java Edition Alpha is "17", with Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.17; the highest in Bedrock Edition is "221", with 1.16.221; the highest in Bedrock Edition development versions is "230" with 1.16.230 beta; and the highest in the full release of Java Edition is "11", with 1.21.11.

References

• Template:AnchorIRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090711.log. July 11, 2009 (UTC−5).